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thistles and kiwis a blog about life in wellington new zealand skip to content thistles and kiwis a blog about life in wellington new zealand a place of peace futuna chapel sometimes we can forget that beauty is right there on our doorstep hidden away in a corner of the suburb architecture colour futuna chapel historic building history light new zealand wellington windows this week s small pleasures 503 we woke up on sunday morning to a thick crisp white layer of frost covering plants houses and cars where baking cinema food food shopping fruit lunch scone simple things small pleasures sunset theatre tui tulips vegetables winter if we were having coffee or even a cup of tea if we were having coffee or even a cup of tea we would talk about the month past about the fabulous meal tea soup cafe coffee winter dinner conversation ducks frost daily life friendship this week s small pleasures 502 this week was definitely one that improved as it went along from feeling pretty grotty at the start to making food food shopping lunch sandwiches simple things small pleasures tea tulips vegetables weather wellington winter cook book club 23 july the theme this month seemed easy go to your bookshelf pick out the cookbook you most recently purchased or borrowed alison roman carrots cook book club cooking dinner fennel food parsnips roasted vegetables samin nosrat this week s small pleasures 501 well what started out as a good week with an exhibition sunshine and tickets for the ballet ended with me ballet being at home bookshop crocus exhibition food food shopping lunch new zealand portrait gallery royal new zealand ballet simple things small pleasures vegetables weekend what s on your bookshelf july the past month s reading has been a real mix of highs and lows it started well and ended well and book review books caro claire burke elizabeth strout fiction joanne tracey madelaine cash michel houllebecq reading takuya asakura what s on your bookshelf this week s small pleasures 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